So now that it's official, I can finally talk about my new show, Dark Matter, and my plans for the series and this blog in the lead-up to season premiere (sometime in 2015). As most of you know, while I was working on Stargate this blog offered fans a peak at the inner workings of the…
October 15, 2014: Dark Matter!
Big news! I'm not crazy after all - http://tvline.com/2014/10/15/syfy-acquires-dark-matter-graphic-novel-adaptation/ http://www.gateworld.net/news/2014/10/stargate-producers-bring-dark-matter-to-syfy/ So I DIDN'T imagine the whole thing. Unless, of course, this is also part of my elaborate, ongoing hallucination and those url's actually link to the live cam of a cat hotel in Cornwall. But, just in case, I'd like to thank a few of the…
August 5, 2014: Top 12 Superheroines in Need of the Big Screen Treatment!
With the news that Sony is fast-tracking a superhoine movie that will hit the big screen before the turn of the decade (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41823), I thought this would be a good time to weigh in with my suggestions for My Top 11 Superheroines in need of the big screen treatment! Just in case the studios were wondering...…
June 23, 2014: Top 10 Worst Supervillain Names!
10. Paste Pot Pete Look out! He's going to start shooting paste. Out of his pot. Oh, that Pete. 9. Crazy Quilt Not to be confused with The Master Duvet. Presumably, grandma helped him with his costume. 8. Rainbow Raider Guard your rainbows! As if those damn leprechauns weren't bad enough. 7. Polka Dot Man Winner of Mrs. Haversham's…
June 22, 2014: Top 10 Worst Superhero Names!
10. The Whizzer AKA "The Yellow Streak"? Does the W on his chest stand for "wee"? 9. Matter Eater Lad Look at him go to town on that chain link fence! Bombs, bullets, getaway cars - there is no limit to his amazing powers of consumption! Unless, of course, he gets full. 8. Aqualad Batman…
June 17, 2014: Back on the mean streets of Sesame!
Well look who it is. If it isn't our old friend Cookie Monster who, only last summer, announced he was through hosting our weekly Supermovie of the Week Club and done penning reviews of such big screen classics as The Dark Knight, Spiderman, and Abar: The First Black Superman. Well, what a difference a year…
April 30, 2014: Conspicuous Consumption! Richie Rich sticks it to the little guy!
If I had to pick one comic book that I considered "the weirdest" growing up, it would have to be Richie Rich. The title character was described as "the poor little rich boy" but I never found anything remotely poor about him, either literally or figuratively. I suppose, one could make the argument that deep beneath…
April 28, 2014: A Trip Down Memory (Lois) Lane! Comicdom’s Most Dated – the awesome, the atrocious, and the quaintly antiquated!
"They sure don't make 'em like they used to" goes the old adage, and nowhere is this more evident than in the ever-evolving world of comic books. From Superman battling nazis to Spiderman meeting President Obama, comics have a rich tradition of embracing history and reflecting social and cultural norms. What was perfectly acceptable ten, maybe…
March 30, 2014: Happy Birthday, Batman!
The caped crusader is 75! Let's celebrate the big day with some of Batman's most memorable covers... Does that skunk contain a kryptonite bomb? The superboys, always comparing the size of their…uh…diamonds. You can tell they've hit rock bottom by the little hobo sack on sticks they're carrying. While no actual crime has been committed,…
December 26, 2013: Akemi’s superhero breakdown!
I asked my Japanese girlfriend, Akemi, to identify some of comicdom's most famous superheroes. How'd she do? Not bad. Not bad at all... How'd YOU do?
December 16, 2013: Recommended comic book reads!
THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MANWriter Nick Spencer is at the top of his game here, exploring the private and professional lives of a group of B-team villains, The Sinister Six - who are actually made up of FIVE members hard-luck members. They're sneaky, opportunistic, and completely disloyal, but you can't help but love 'em. RAT…
December 14, 2013: Planning the Fan Campaign! And next year’s Group Holiday!
Okay. Pursuant to yesterday's blog entry, some careful strategy is required. I think that, rather than striking out now as everyone - especially those in a position to make the decisions - prepares for the holidays or, in some cases, is already off on holidays, the campaign should hold off in order to maximize its…
December 13, 2013: Stargate: Extinction! The comic book?!
StellaByStargate writes: "I’m curious as to who (person or organization) “owns”–for lack of a better word–the scripts for the SGA and SG-1 movies? So many of us would love to see those novelized and made part of the Stargate canon…is there any way we could launch a campaign to make that happen? Who would we…
October 2, 2013: The Top 10 Titles of DC’s Supervillains Month!
In case you missed it, September was Supervillains Month, four glorious weeks in which DC celebrated 52 of its most colorful baddies by giving each their own one-shot. Following the events of Trinity War that saw Earth's greatest heroes defeated at the hands of Earth-3's nefarious Crime Syndicate, massive jailbreaks and irresistible opportunity resulted in…
September 30, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Iron Man 3!
Dis would have been a great movie if it had been half an hour shorter. And made a lick of sense. Monster can imagine script notes session went someting like dis: Producer: Dis skript full of plot holes and not make much sense. Writer: Dats okay. Me fix it. Producer: By applying logic so it…